Hosea 13:11

Hosea 13:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
• New International Version (NIV)So in my anger I gave you a king, and in my wrath I took him away.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I gave you a king in My anger, And took him away in My wrath.

Context of Hosea 13:11

9O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. 10I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath. 12The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. 13The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

Hosea 13:11 word by word

אֶֽתֶּן־לְךָ֥ מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּאַפִּ֔י וְאֶקַּ֖ח בְּעֶבְרָתִֽי׃ סRead the interlinear

• I gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• thee a kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• in mine angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• and tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• away in my wrathעֶבְרָה‛ebrâh · furyH5678

Cross-references for Hosea 13:11

• Hosea 10:3For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not Yhwh; what then should a king do to us?
• 1 Samuel 8:7And Yhwh said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
• 1 Samuel 10:19And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Yhwh by your tribes, and by your thousands.
• 1 Samuel 12:13Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! And, behold, Yhwh hath set a king over you.
• 1 Samuel 15:22And Samuel said, hath Yhwh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yhwh? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
• 1 Samuel 16:1And Yhwh said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth–lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
• 1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
• 1 Kings 12:15Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from Yhwh, that he might perform his saying, which Yhwh spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
• 1 Kings 14:7Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith Yhwh God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
• 2 Kings 17:1In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
• Proverbs 28:2For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.

Commentaries on Hosea 13:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11I gave thee a king in mine anger - Such was Saul; for they highly offended God when they clamoured to have a king like the heathen nations that were around them. Took him away in my wrath - Permitted him and the Israelites to fall before the Philistines. Others think that Shalmaneser was the king thus given, and Hoshea the king thus taken away.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11I gave thee a king in Mine anger - o“God, when He is asked for ought amiss, sheweth displeasure, when He giveth, hath mercy, when He giveth not.” “The devil was heard,” (in asking to enter into the swine) “the Apostle was not heard,” (when he prayed that the messenger of Satan might depart from him), “God heard him whom He purposed to condemn; and He heard not him whom He willed to heal.”: “God, when propitious, denieth what we love, when we love amiss…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 Israel had destroyed himself by his rebellion; but he could not save himself, his help was from the Lord only. This may well be applied to the case of spiritual redemption, from that lost state into which all have fallen by wilful sins. God often gives in displeasure what we sinfully desire. It is the happiness of the saints, that, whether God gives or takes away, all is in love. But it is the misery of the wicked, that, whether God gives or…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Israel had chosen its kings without asking the Lord, so now he would take them away in anger.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. I gave ... king in ... anger ... took ... away in ... wrath--true both of Saul (1Sa 15:22, 23; 16:1) and of Jeroboam's line (2Ki 15:30). Pekah was taken away through Hoshea, as he himself took away Pekahiah; and as Hoshea was soon to be taken away by the Assyrian king.Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 13:11

• Anger
• King
• Saul

In the dictionaries

• Hoshea
• Ransom
• Hosea
• Zechariah (2)
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Hosea 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings